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Old 13th November 2007 | 20:36
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Intruder
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Anyone know how to work out the speed / config for a minimum radius of turn - so called corner speed I believe, more commonly used for fighting aeroplanes? I'm thinking wrt mountain flying.
I suggest you read up on your basic flying principles and specific mountain flying texts, and forget the fighter pilot stuff for a while. Minimum turn radius is had with minimum speed and maximum bank/G.

"Cornering speed" has more to do with turn RATE than radius, and also has an aspect of sustainability in it.
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